Province moving to Phase 3 of vaccine program, online booking system set to launch

Apr 5, 2021 | 11:29 AM Pete McIntyre

The B.C. government is set to roll out its new online system to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments.

The province says, starting tomorrow, Tuesday Apr. 6, all eligible adults will be able to follow an easy, three-step process to register and book their shot as the government moves into Phase 3 of the immunization plan.

There are three steps to register to book your vaccine appointment:

1. Register when it is your turn at: www2.gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated: That will allow you to get a confirmation code.
2. Book: Book a vaccine appointment when you get an email, text or phone call telling you you are eligible to book, based on your age.
3. Get vaccinated: Visit a vaccine clinic to get your vaccine dose.

To register online, you have to provide:

First and last name
Date of birth
Postal code
Personal Health Number (on the back of your B.C. driver’s licence, B.C. Services Card or Care Card)
An email address that gets checked regularly or a phone number that can receive texts

If you do not have a Personal Health Number, you can register by phone or at a Service BC office.

Starting at 8 a.m. (Pacific time), on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, people born in 1950 and earlier (71 and older), Indigenous peoples 18 and older, and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable may register to book their vaccine appointment through the province’s new ‘Get Vaccinated’ system in one of three ways:

* online at: gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated.html)

* by telephone through a provincial call centre (toll-free) at 1 833 838-2323

* in-person at the nearest Service BC location.

Check in regularly to know when it is your turn to register: gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated.

People aged 55 to 65 on the Lower Mainland continue to be eligible to book an appointment to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at a participating pharmacy near them. More news to expand the AstraZeneca program through pharmacies in other regions, including in Vernon and Kelowna, will come in the days ahead.

To date, nearly 770,000 eligible British Columbians – or one in six – have received their first dose of vaccine, and more than 87,000 have received their second dose. If B.C.’s vaccine supply is delivered as scheduled, everyone in B.C. who is eligible for the vaccine will receive their first dose by the end of June.

“British Columbians faced the countless challenges of this past year with incredible courage,” said Premier John Horgan. “Today marks a major milestone in our fight against COVID-19, and we ask everyone to wait their turn and follow three steps to help put this pandemic behind us.”